Album Review: Jay-Z - 4:44

Jay Z no longer just puts out albums. Every new release from the self-proclaimed greatest rapper alive is an event — which we are expected to assess not as a mere collection of songs but a happening of major cultural significance.

There’s an extra sizzle to 4:44, where the artist born Shaun Carter wrestles with Beyonce’s Lemonade, in which she essentially accused her husband of infidelity.